120. HEUCUT
The HEUCUT, or heuristics cutoff criterion, option controls the criterion for terminating integer programming heuristics. The possible settings for HEUCUT are:
HEUCUT Value |
Cutoff Criterion |
0 |
LINGO decides |
1 |
Time |
2 |
Iterations |
Under the Time setting, LINGO terminates heuristics after a certain amount of elapsed time. The Iterations option terminates heuristics after a certain number of iterations. In general, the Time setting results in the fastest performance. However, due to shifting computational loads on a machine, solution paths may change under the Time setting from one solve to the next, potentially resulting in non-reproducible solutions. If reproducibility of a runs is a concern, then the Iterations option should be selected. Under the Solver Decides setting, LINGO chooses the most appropriate strategy.
The default setting for HEUCUT is 1, Solver Decides.